The Week in Small Business

Speaking at the Economic Club of Washington a week after President Obama unveiled a $447 billion jobs plan, House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said government was still getting in the way of job growth with “unnecessary” regulations, taxes and mounting debt.

Citing hundreds of new rules on the books, Boehner said Washington was stifling small-business growth and fueling uncertainty among the nation’s top job creators.

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